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// TECH TRENDS //

ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION IS ACCELERATING

ALONG WITH MYRIAD CYBERTHREATS

Electric vehicles continue to rise in popularity . As the technology and the infrastructure improves , more drivers are willing to buy an electric car . But with electric vehicle adoption comes a higher cybersecurity risk . Marie Hattar , Chief Marketing Officer at Keysight Technologies , outlines the cyberthreats surrounding electric vehicles .
E ARE AT an exciting inflection

W point for the electric vehicle ( EV ) industry . Green energy regulations are pushing automakers to manufacture more clean cars and trucks . EVs , once viewed as a costly investment , are increasingly becoming less so . In fact , a recent paper by climate policy think tank , Energy Innovation , found that many new EVs are cheaper to own and operate than their gasoline-powered equivalents . As mass adoption of EVs becomes a reality , it ’ s imperative the industry is cognisant of the accompanying security

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